Vase holder



May 7, 1929;

c. s. BARON VASE HOLDER Filed Nov. 27, 1925 attorneys Patented May 2 7,1929.

UNITED STATES cHAnLns s. BAR-ON; or mm; 0310.

vase HOLDER.

Application filed November 27, 1925. Serial No. 71,832.

My invention relates to mechanism for securely mounting upon a verticalwall, as of an automobile, a vase, for holding flowers, for, example.

The object of my invention is toproduce a vase holder of thekind justreferred to, that is distinctively simple, strong, durable, andeconomical to manufacture.

What constitutes my invention will be hereinafter specified in detail,and succinctly defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure I is a side elevation of a preferred form of my vase holdercomplete.

Figure II is a horizontal section on line II-II of Figure I.

Figure III is a plan view of a blank made of a single sheet of metal.

Figure IV is a detail view of one means for preventing rotation of thevase While it is held in the metallic member of the holder.

Figure V is a similar view of a modification of the subject matter ofFigure IV.

Figure VI is a similar view of a still fur ther modification of thesame.

Figure VII is a side elevation of a part of the device shown in FigureVI.

Figure VIII is a View corresponding to Figure VII showing zone definingbeads as a modification of Figure I.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, 1 indicates a vase which maybe, in gen eral, of any preferred dimensions, shape, and design. Itsdistinguishing feature is a clip-confining zone 2, which may be definedby shoulders 3 and 4; made as by moulding for example, so as to form inthe body of the vase a depression in the glass of which the vase ispreferably, though not necessarily, made. The zone, if preferred, may beotherwise defined, in effect, as by beads 5 and 6, shown in Figure VIII,raised above the general contour surface of the vase.

The shouder 4 or bead 6, whichever be employed, is preferably made ofsmaller diameter than its companion member 3 or 5, in order tofacilitate the application to the zone of the clip hereinafterspecified, the members 3 or 5 being those which, in use, sustain theweight of the vase, however light it be, upon the clip.

The holder proper consists of a two-footed base 8 having secured to it abifurcated clip 9 made of resilient metal.

The said base and clip may be made, if desired, of separate piecessecured together by any suitable means to form a unitary structure, butI prefer, especially, for considerations of simplicity and economy ofmanufacture, to combine them integrally by making them from a blank 10consisting of a single piece of suitable fiat metal, as shown by way ofexample, in FigureIII. o. I

The blanklO is made preferably in. the shape of across, having twoopposite long arms 11, and, at right angles to them, arms 12 whoserespective lengths are preferably about half that of the arms 11.

To convert the blank 10 into a holding member, the free ends ofthe arms11 are shaped as by bending to form the clip 9 to fit snugly the zo'ne2which they are intended to encircle, their ends being juxtaposed whenbent so as preferably to present between them an open space 15. i

The arms 12 are in like manner made to constitute the two feet of thebase 8 for the support of the clips upon a wall, and are to that endprovided, respectively, with screw holes 16, for the reception ofordinary screws, not necessary to illustrate. The edges of the arms 12are also preferably shaped, as by crimping, to give them an inturnedoutside stiffening flange 17 in the.

completed article.

The clip 9 may be applied to a zone 2 having a smooth cylindricalcontour. In such case the vase may rotate in theclip, without danger ofseparation of one part from the. other. If desired, however, ro-

tation of the vase in the clip may be pro-, vided agalnst, in any one ofseveral differout ways. For example,the free end'of one or both of thearms 11 may be provided with an aperture 18. into each of which a lug 19projecting in alignment with it from the surface of the zone 2may, asshown in Fig ure IV, enter with latching effect; Instead of lug 19 andaperture 18, one of the arms 11 (or both of them.) may be provided withan inturned flange 20 adapted, with like effect,

to take into a transverse groove 21 in the zone 2, as shown in Figure V.

If the body of the base be of angular shape in cross section, such asthat shown for example in Figure VI, the zone 2 may be, of course, ofcylindrical shape, as already specified, or it may also be like the bodyof the vase, for instance, of angular transverse contour. In the caselast mentioned, the zone indicated in Figure VI by the numeral 22,

may be shaped to fit a correspondingly shaped r o clip 23. Thecorresponding angularity of the contours of the zone 22 and of the clip23, respectively, will serve, Without other provision, to hold the vaseirrevolubly in the clip.

The operation of my device will, it is believed, be clearly understoodfrom the foregoing specification Without further description.

What I claim is:

1. In oombinationwith a vase, a supporting clip having substantiallyhorizontally disposed resilient arms engaging the vase, a pair ofoppositely disposed feet ex tending vertically from said clip fordetaehably securing the same to a supporting member, said vase havingspaced means my hand.

CHARLES S. BARON.

